Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced zhun
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced zhun, including 准 zhǔn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
zhun begins with the tongue curled up and back for zh; let it slide straight into un and carry the tone across the whole sound, rather than spelling out English letters.
Initial zh
Put the tongue slightly curled back. Do not pronounce it like English “j”.
Final un
Settle the final un into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Only one common character is read zhun (准 zhǔn) — focus on locking in its tone.
Learn by Tone
zhun turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 准 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing zhun inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
1 common character in this group.